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THE SMART NEWS SOURCE | Feb 10 2010 07:55 | LAST UPDATED Feb 10 2010 07:55 |
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The world's first permanent war crimes court opens its second trial on Tuesday when two Congolese warlords face charges they ordered subordinates to attack civilians, rape women and enlist child soldiers. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui are accused by International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors of directing a February 2003 attack on a village in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as rival groups fought for control of the region's gold, diamonds and oil. Katanga (31) an ethnic Ngiti, allegedly commanded the Patriotic Resistance Force. Ngudjolo (39) a Lendu, is the alleged former leader of the National Integrationist Front. Both have denied seven counts of war crimes and three charges of crimes against humanity and through defence lawyers have expressed their sympathies for the victims. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Congo conflicts had involved the governments of Uganda, Rwanda and Congo. "The ICC prosecutor should ensure that justice is done in Ituri by focusing on senior officials in Congo, Rwanda and Uganda who armed and supported the Ituri-based militias," said Param-Preet Singh, counsel with HRW's international justice programme. The ICC is currently investigating four cases in the DRC, alongside investigations into violence in Sudan's Darfur region, Uganda and the Central African Republic. The court started its first trial in 2008. A Congolese warlord, Thomas Lubanga, is accused of enlisting child soldiers to his Union of Congolese Patriots in the Ituri district to kill rival Lendus. An arrest warrant was issued in August 2006 against Bosco Ntaganda, an alleged subordinate of Lubanga. He is still at large.  CONTINUES BELOW The prosecutor and defence will give opening statements on Tuesday along with two legal representatives of more than 340 court-recognised victims, 10 of whom are child soldiers. Prosecutors will call 26 witnesses, 21 of whom are protected witnesses. The trial is expected to take several months. - Reuters TOPICS IN THIS ARTICLE
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Apartheid and the evil white man made them wipe out entire villages.
Sinudeity @gmail.com on November 24, 2009, 8:26 am
And Mugabe is STILL addressing international conferences in New York! Gees, this justice thing beats me. A quick reminder: Mugabe's Gukurahundi [a bunch of 5 000 North Korean-trained Zimbabwean thugs] murdered twenty thousand Matabeles in Zimbabwe in the 1980s. Between 2000 and 2008, almost 1000 citizens have perished in electtion-related violence, millions exiled in RSA and internally and millions facing starvation. Several white commercial farmers were murdered in Mugabe's so-called land reform, hospitals and schools were closed most of 2008, factories have been closed, thhousands of jobs lost, 500 thousand farm workers displaced ... Eish, where's the Hague?
Rejoice Ngwenya on November 24, 2009, 10:29 am
Weird how they just catch a few foor soldiers and pretend there is justice. how about the guys who financed and armed these guys? Sinudeity @gmail.com you are becoming an irritant, race has nothing to do with this so stop being a racist whiteman with nothing to do other than point out what black people are doing. bomboclaat!
Clayton Majona on November 24, 2009, 11:07 am
Majona: My comment was intended for those that say, that Africa would have been a eutopia without the white man.
Sinudeity @gmail.com on November 24, 2009, 12:43 pm
Sinudeity @gmail.com eish....sorry ddint get it hope no hard feeling. Will take back what i said
Clayton Majona on November 24, 2009, 1:43 pm
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